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Speculative Forensics: The 55th Annual UCLA Art History Grad Symposium and Workshop

Speakers and Participants

Event and Registration Info

Call for Papers

Speculative Forensics: The 55th Annual UCLA Art History Grad Symposium and Workshop

Speakers and Participants

Event and Registration Info

Call for Papers

Speakers and Participants

Event and Registration Info

Call for Papers

Conversation with Made in L.A. 2020 curator Lauren Mackler and artist Umar Rashid (November 7, 2020, 12-1 pm PST) and Symposium Keynotes (2-4 pm PST) are both open and free to the public. Registration is required.
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The annual UCLA Art History Graduate Student Symposium is the longest running symposium of its kind in North America. Initiated in 1965, the symposium provides a forum for graduate students to present original research in a scholarly format. Organized collectively by a cohort of students, the symposium is organized around critical themes and issues addressing the history and current state of art historical scholarship. Past themes and keynote speakers include: Distraction, Paul Mpagi Sepuya (2019); Alterations, Juliana Huxtable (2018); (Re)Mediation, Lisa Salzman (2015); Translations, Jonathan Hay (2012); Standard Procedure, Beatriz Colomina (2011); Incongruities, Helen Molesworth (2009); ARTifact, Alan McCollum (2000); and Crossings, Belongings, Presence, Trinh T. Minh-ha (1998).